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By Olivia FormanThe Free For All music festival, which Funny Ha Ha’s Chris Martins helped curate, goes down at the Echo and Echoplex this Sunday. The headliners include Akron/Family, Frank Fairfield, Active Child and Langhorne Slim, but the real story is in the openers — Dreamcatcher and Mouse Heaven — who were chosen by a panel of judges from a bevy of self submissions.

And if the final three-stage line-up isn’t enough to get you excited, there are plenty of other enticements, as outlined in detail on the Free For All site (click for the full schedule). To name a few? A bike valet, craft areas, some tantalizing food trucks, and, of course, the pay-what-you-want entry.

The fun kicks off on Sunday, August 14, at 4 p.m. at the Echoplex. Read John Payne’s Pick for L.A. Weekly.

Funny Ha Ha’s Chris Martins will join the judges panel for the Free For All music festival, casting his vote for which band will open the August 15 event at the Echoplex in Echo Park.

The festival is the brainchild of Jody Orsborn–creator of When You Awake, L.A.’s leading indie roots music blog–accompanied by fellow promoters Bobby Kittleman and our friend Phil Eastman, a member of folk crew Hi Ho Silver Oh, who will be taking the stage for the show. The creators of Free For All are aiming for “a pay-what-you-want, ticketless music & arts experience… [to] help bridge the gap between fans and bands with as little money being lost between the two as possible.”

The results will be announced August 2. Plus, in the spirit of the festival’s name, a donation of your choice will be taken at the door instead of tickets, so be sure to be there when it all goes down.

On Saturday, the Aquarium Drunkard blog threw an all-day indie rock gala at the Echo and Echoplex. Sixteen bands on the rise (local and otherwise) dropped in to deliver solid sets that went well into the night. Surfer Blood was the main attraction, but the Coathangers slew the competition, which was a stiff mix of excellent acts like Superhumanoids, Active Child, Best Coast, and Gamble House. Photos and full review here, via LA Weekly.

At last! A brand new installment of INCHES, the L.A.-centric vinyl column that’s now numerous feet — no, yards — into its long-playing legacy. It’s a damn ripe time for independent music in Southern California, and this, friends, is your undeniable mainline. Inside, you’ll get your chillwave fix, your dose of droning doom, some spiraling psych and some fuzzy folktronica. Nothing to scoff at, and free MP3s from each. Plus words! And pictures!